Light

Today the atmosphere is light and humorous. Everyone seems to be in a carefree mood. There is a medium amount of business. My friend accompanying me is eating her Panda Express as we talk about how good today's meal is.

I begin to observe the premises. I see a young couple with a baby sitting next to us, the couple looks to be about four or five months old, very adorable. The couple looks to be in their late twenties or early thirties. They are cradling the baby as he begins to grow a bit squeamish. They finally finish their drinks and put the baby in the carseat and they head out.

There is a young man, Joe, sitting alone. He is wearing glasses, a black and white striped shirt. He is typing on his laptop casually. He looks at me several times, then resumes typing.

Two friends are laughing hysterically as they watch funny videos, or read articles on their laptop. They're two girls about the age of 19-22, They have long dark hair and are wearing cotton shirts with jeans and sandals. They have loud laughs and don't seem to mind that everyone can hear them.

I see another young man wearing a white t-shirt. He also stares at me, almost constantly. I'm not sure if he's in deep concentration and I happened to be in his range of vision... Or if he's trying to seduce me? I continue to observe the room.

I see that several patrons are listening to music, either on their phones, or computers and I find this somewhat surprising, as I've never seen any patrons listening to music before. It's interesting to see that some actually lip sync along, not ostentatiously, but very casually.

I scope around once again, I see a middle eastern man video chatting with a friend. He is speaking in what sounds like Arabic. It's very interesting to see someone foreign, and video chatting, as I have never seen a patron like this, or doing this.

I look and see a young girl of about 18 in a brown dress with small flowers, her hair is light brown and in a bun she orders her drinks, and sits besides our table and quickly whips out her iPhone. She scrolls through and soon enough her order is called and she retrieves it. She quickly walks out of the shop.

I observe my friend for a bit, she sits across from me wearing a colorful scarf, a dark magenta three quarter sleeved shirt and dark jeans. Her light brown hair is up, she is eating Panda Express noodles and she is very quiet as she is very concentrated on her meal, which is understandable.. ( They had a good chef in that day)

Eventually I check the time, and see it's time to leave. So we both crack open our fortune cookies, and pack up to leave.